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...community. He married and moved into a house adjacent to his parents' and the crematory. Two weeks ago, his wife had a baby girl. Friends say he liked to buy Tommy Hilfiger clothes and new cars. He politely chatted with neighbors when he took his car to Test & Tune and ate at Wanda's Restaurant. Over the past four years, he brought three bodies to a nearby crematory, telling co-owner Glenda Wilson his equipment was down and he needed a favor, she says. She always complied, free of charge. The Marsh clan went about the business of living...
...scene as Afghanistan's leaders gather to bury a colleague, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Abdul Rahman, who was murdered at the Kabul airport two weeks ago. Though Karzai presides, it is apparent that while he possesses the ceremonial trappings of his office--a presidential guard and an off-tune military band--the real power lies elsewhere. Defense Minister Mohammed Qasim Fahim and Interior Minister Younus Qanooni both arrive for memorial prayers with a retinue of armed warriors. The assorted dignitaries remove their shoes to enter the local mosque. Karzai later notes with black humor that a Cabinet member...
...most popular song in Kenya last year was Nchi ya Kitu Kidogo (Country of Bribes), a sing-along tune about the ubiquity of corruption in everyday life. If you're trying to succeed in school, if you're sick in the hospital or if you lose your identity card, goes the lyric, to get anything done in Kenya you have to pay a bribe. Kenyans have adopted the song as an anti-officialdom anthem, and they flock to appearances by its 28-year-old writer and singer, Eric Wainaina. "We like it because it's the truth," says Judy Elahuya...
...sports, including $1.2 billion over 10 years for men's professional tennis. Last month Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. wrote off $909 million on contracts to broadcast such sports as Major League baseball. Murdoch's BSkyB also wrote off the value of its investment in KirchPayTV - to the tune of a whopping $1.4 billion. This week in Britain, broadcaster ITV Digital is expected to conduct frantic talks with the English Football League, to renegotiate a $446 million rights contract that is now threatening the financial health of the strapped service, co-owned by Granada and Carlton. "The market's been...
Invariably, though, someone would turn to Gellert’s line, always indicative of a fine all-around effort, usually something to the tune of 7 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals...